[Samba] SAMBA-LDAP and variable substition

[Harry Rüter]

Hi,

werner maes wrote:
> 
>         Hello,
> 
> Im using Samba and LDAP together and if I use the scriptPath attribute for
> a user defined in LDAP, it seems that variable substitions no longer work
> like they did when you're using the global logon script parameter in smb.conf.
> 
> example:
> 
> scriptPath = scripts\%m.bat ==> %m.bat is NOT substituted to machinename.bat
> 
> Because the "logon scripts" directive of smb.conf will no longer be used
> when using Samba and LDAP together, I'm wondering how I can take advantage
> of variable substition?
> 
> Or am I missing something?

I think there is another misconfiguration,
i'm using Samba 2.2.4 & openldap 2.0.25 and
the substitution works (I use  logon script = %u.bat).

I looked into man smb.conf and found no  
scriptPath entry ..
have you tried testparm ?

> If you have any information, let me know.
> 
> Werner Maes
> KULeuven

greets Harry